#85B4E7#85B4E7

#85B4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.089 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B4E7
RGB	rgb(133, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(211, 67%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -2.57, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 30.53, 265.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.029 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.089 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4132, 43.3961, 81.8326)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B4E7 #E7B885

analogous

#85E5E7 #85B4E7 #8785E7

triadic

#85B4E7 #E785B4 #B4E785

tetradic

#85B4E7 #E785E5 #E7B885 #85E787

square

#85B4E7 #E785E5 #E7B885 #85E787

split-complementary

#85B4E7 #E78785 #E5E785

monochromatic

#2875CA #5295DD #85B4E7 #B8D3F1 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#85B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#85B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B4E7

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B4E7	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.089 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#accaee',
    500: '#85b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b4e7;
$custom-light: #accaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.224,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75569,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B4E7

secondary

#F1E4D7

accent

#7716CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B4E7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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